PowerSchool Enrollment vs. Snap Audition

PowerSchool Registration collects all the data we need and more. It's easy to go from initial application to completed enrollment. I love how the software will help keep you organized with where the application is in the process, so you can quickly see at what stage you are at with processing a student's enrollment. You do have to be strategic and conscious about what you put on the form. It can quickly be a very long form. I can't think of any instance where this software would not significantly increase the efficiency and accuracy of a district.

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For small to medium sized arts organizations, all state music auditions, in-school auditions, etc. I see Snap Audtion working very well. When an org needs a high level of specificity it can be a little difficult to make Snap Audition work exactly as you need it, but the team is very responsive.

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• It is able to write back to the student information system with a matching process that ensures the accuracy of student data.
• It tracks the data and the changes, who made the changes, and when the data was imported.
• It organizes the process. It creates a system that relies on checks and balances, and causes you to re-evaluate your process.

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• Allows for comments/feedback of performances
• Login/setup was somewhat straightforward
• Videos loaded quickly and easily with few exceptions

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• Functionality of reports
• End-user ease of Gradebook
• Customization of reports

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• The student audition side could be a little bit easier for middle school students to understand.
• Training Videos that can be sent to families and directors would be helpful.
• A way for teachers to upload auditions instead of each student having to have an account (bulk upload).

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I can imagine that it might provide some drawbacks but I only experienced the platform as a judge, not a coordinator

Overall support is excellent. The people are amazing. They have played with different ways of giving the best support, meaning a dedicated specialist vs. email vs. tracking sheet, etc., which was a little frustrating going through those changes. Still, I appreciate all their efforts in finding what works best for their customers. They listen to their customers and make changes.

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I think powerschool excels at more simple enrollment tasks however Moodle does a better job being flexible and catering to anything a professor could want to do.

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Get Acceptd is basically the only other service out there doing this kind of work. Their price point makes it entirely unusable for almost any organization.

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• If a student has been in the school district before, leaves, and then returns, a list of the students' previous teachers is kept in the system.
• Easy to enter and add students with minimum information.

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• Since I was just an adjudicator I can't speak to this.

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